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This section looks at the demand for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LDAP over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6159
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.645 %1.316 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£381
% change on same period last year-0.87 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.14£29.82
% change on same period last year+7.77 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads155152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.205 %0.151 %
Daily rates quoted4438
Average minimum daily rate£301£272
Average daily rate£324£278
% change on same period last year+16.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted228
Average minimum hourly rate£20.63£20.93
Average hourly rate£21.54£21.18
% change on same period last year+1.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.45£21.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
LDAP North WestLDAP
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LDAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LDAP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheshire LDAP Demand Trend

LDAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LDAP across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire LDAP Daily Rate Trend

LDAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LDAP across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire LDAP Hourly Rate Trend

LDAP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LDAP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WilmslowNew entry-1£300-
LDAP North WestLDAP
North West

LDAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LDAP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LDAP.

116 (66.67 %)Sun
213 (54.17 %)BEA
213 (54.17 %)WebLogic
213 (54.17 %)Vignette
213 (54.17 %)WebLogic Portal
213 (54.17 %)Content Management
312 (50.00 %)Oracle
411 (45.83 %)UNIX
510 (41.67 %)Ant
510 (41.67 %)Tivoli
510 (41.67 %)Release Management
510 (41.67 %)Performance Testing
69 (37.50 %)LoadRunner
69 (37.50 %)JUnit
78 (33.33 %)WebSphere
78 (33.33 %)CMS
87 (29.17 %)AIX
87 (29.17 %)Middleware
96 (25.00 %)Shell Script
96 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
105 (20.83 %)Intranet
114 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
123 (12.50 %)Finance
123 (12.50 %)BIG-IP
123 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
123 (12.50 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
123 (12.50 %)J2EE
123 (12.50 %)Solaris
123 (12.50 %)DB2

LDAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LDAP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LDAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (33.33 %)WebSphere
27 (29.17 %)Middleware
33 (12.50 %)J2EE
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (54.17 %)WebLogic
113 (54.17 %)WebLogic Portal
28 (33.33 %)CMS
36 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (20.83 %)Intranet
23 (12.50 %)BIG-IP
32 (8.333 %)Extranet
41 (4.167 %)SAN
41 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (12.50 %)DB2
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (41.67 %)Ant
29 (37.50 %)LoadRunner
29 (37.50 %)JUnit
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (12.50 %)Financial Institution
23 (12.50 %)Finance
31 (4.167 %)Telecoms
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
26 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
34 (16.67 %)Consultant
43 (12.50 %)Technical Support
43 (12.50 %)Infrastructure Manager
52 (8.333 %)Architect
52 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Consultant
52 (8.333 %)Technical Support Engineer
52 (8.333 %)Technical Engineer
52 (8.333 %)Infrastructure Architect
61 (4.167 %)UNIX Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Technical Support Consultant
61 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
61 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Engineer
61 (4.167 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Systems Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Web Support Engineer
61 (4.167 %)Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Technical Consultant
61 (4.167 %)Infrastructure Analyst
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (45.83 %)UNIX
27 (29.17 %)AIX
33 (12.50 %)Solaris
41 (4.167 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (4.167 %)Linux
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (54.17 %)Content Management
210 (41.67 %)Release Management
210 (41.67 %)Performance Testing
33 (12.50 %)Knowledge Management
42 (8.333 %)Problem Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (25.00 %)Shell Script
22 (8.333 %)Java
22 (8.333 %)Perl
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)CISSP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (41.67 %)Tivoli
23 (12.50 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (66.67 %)Sun
213 (54.17 %)BEA
213 (54.17 %)Vignette
312 (50.00 %)Oracle
42 (8.333 %)IBM
51 (4.167 %)Red Hat